Global Winds and Coriolis Effect

Which global winds move FROM the east to the west?

• Doldrums

• Cauldrons

• Westerlies

• Easterlies

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What is responsible for warming the Earth’s surface and creating wind?

• The Moon

• Earth's interior (inside)

• Gravity

• The Sun

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Wind blows from ______ pressure areas to _____ pressure areas.

• high; low

• low; high

• medium; high

• low; medium

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what is the coriolis effect?

• change in location of warm and cold surface water every 2-7 years

• tendency of objects moving large distances on Earth’s surface to bend to the right in the northern hemisphere & to the left in the southern hemisphere

• winds in northern Indian ocean that blow from the southwest in the summer & from the northeast in winter

• two layers of horizontal winds moving in opposite directions

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The Coriolis effect causes ___________.

• the Earth to rotate on its axis

• earthquakes

• global winds to move in a curved path instead of a straight line

• the Earth to revolve around the sun

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Westerlies blow in which direction?

• West to East

• North to South

• South to North

• East to West

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Easterlies blow in which direction?

• East to West

• North to South

• South to North

• West to East

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The Coriolis Effect is caused by what?

• The wind blowing

• Earth's gravity pulling things down

• The rotation of the Earth

• The pull of the Moon

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westerlies

• winds that blow from west to east between 30 and 60 degrees latitude in both hemishpheres

• winds that blow from 30 degrees latitude almost to the equator in both hemispheres

• area around the equator where there is very little wind ("dull", "sluggish")

• area around 30 degrees latitude in both hemispheres where there is very little wind

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Winds that blow from 30⁰ latitude to the equator are called...

• westerlies

• polar easterlies

• trade winds

• horse latitudes

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